Black Wall Street was shattered 100 years ago. How the Tulsa race massacre was covered up and unearthed
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A century ago this week, the wealthiest U.S. Black community was burned to the ground.
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Editorial: A century after the Tulsa massacre, we have yet to atone for America's racism
In 1921 a white mob rampaged through the Black Tulsa neighborhood of Greenwood, killing scores and destroying 25 square blocks of businesses and homes. The past is not really past.
As Tulsa digs for victims of the 1921 race massacre, victims say the road to justice is a long one
One hundred years and a day after one of the country's bloodiest massacres of the 20th Century, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday will begin exhuming bodies possibly linked to the crimes.
A white mob killed hundreds of Black people in Tulsa 100 years ago. Survivors still demand justice
Cataclysmic violence brought death and destruction to Tulsa in 1921. Systemic injustice ensured Black Wall Street would never return, but Greenwood keeps fighting, Alex Woodward writes
Tulsa pastors honor 'holy ground' 100 years after massacre
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — When white attackers destroyed the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood 100 years ago this week, they bypassed the original sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of North Tulsa.